Captain Uriah J Douthit -
Occupation: Machinist, Industry: Miscellaneous Machinery
Veteran Civil War Union Army. 47th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
husband of my 1st cousin 4x removed

Father: Jacob Douthit (Dowthit) (Birth 12 Oct 1787 • Rowan County, North Carolina, USA-Death 10 Jul 1858 • Alexander County, North Carolina, USA) s/o William Douthit (Birth 27 Dec 1746 • Graceham, Frederick, Maryland, USA-Death 4 Feb 1799 • Rowan County, North Carolina, USA) & Sarah Jobe (Birth 1750 • Guilford County, North Carolina, USA-Death 1793 • Rowan County, North Carolina, USA) d/o Thomas Jobe & Mary Gordon -s/o John Jobe

Mother: Polly Moreland (Birth 1789 • Surry County, North Carolina, USA-Death 1830 • Surry County, North Carolina, USA)

1st Marriage 1839: Sarah Eve Campbell, my maternal 1st cousin 4x removed, (Birth 1820 • Iredell County, North Carolina, USA-Death 1849 • South Division, Surry, North Carolina, USA) d/o Perciphull Pierce Campbell, Sr. & Sarah "Sallie" Cook

Children (my 2nd cousins 3x removed):
1. Mary E M Douthit (Birth 1840 • North Carolina, USA-Death Aft. 1870 • Union Grove, Iredell, North Carolina, USA) married: Jeremiah Slack;
2. Frances L T J "Fannie" Douthit (Birth 15 Jan 1841 • North Carolina, USA-Death Sep 1925 • Ash Flat, Sharp, Arkansas, USA) married: Jefferson Cave Johnson (Birth 20 Oct 1838 • Tennessee, USA-Death 2 Jul 1891 • Ash Flat, Sharp, Arkansas, USA);
3. Uriah Augustus "Gus" Douthet (Birth 1845, NC) U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914: Uriah Augustus enlisted the 13-15 July, 1870, St. Louis, MO, for 5 yrs. service in Co J, 3rd Inf.;
4. Sarah Adeline Douthit (Birth 24 Nov 1847 • Surry County, North Carolina, USA-Death 26 Sep 1914 • Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA) married: Holland Smith Carter (Birth 8 Oct 1845 • Tennessee, USA-Death: 1911 • Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA);
5. Columbus C Douthit (Dowthitt) (Birth 4 Sep 1848 • Surry County, North Carolina, USA-Death 30 Oct 1915 • Earlsboro, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA) married (1873): (Birth 5 Nov 1844 • Sevier County, Tennessee, USA-Death 12 Sep 1926 • Earlsboro, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA)

Residence (1850, South Division, Surry, North Carolina, US): Also living in the household besides Uriah Douthit: John Wallace (Birth 1820 • North Carolina, USA); Rachel Martin (Birth 1830 • North Carolina, USA); Ruth Martin (Birth 1832 • North Carolina, USA); Alexander Ross (Birth 1829 • North Carolina, USA)

Second Married: (19 Aug or 1 Nov 1851 • Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA): Sarah Matilda Smith "Dowthitteh" (Birth 27 Dec 1826 • Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA-Death 29 Oct 1912 • Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, USA) d/o Rev. Samuel Powell Smith & Amelia Martin

Children:
1. Julius C Douthit (Birth Jun 1853 • North Carolina, USA-Death Aft. 1900 • Mitchell, Texas, USA) married: Mary Price Douthit (Birth: 23 Apr 1862 • Texas, USA-Death 1 Sep 1942 • San Diego, San Diego, California, USA);
2. Ella A Douthit (Dowthitte) (Birth 4 Jul 1858 • Yadkin County, North Carolina, USA-Death 17 Feb 1949 • Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, USA) married: James Ellis Cline, my 2nd cousin 3x removed, (Birth: 1 May 1856 • Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA-Death 25 Oct 1903 • Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, USA);
3. Alice Bell Douthit (Birth: 2 Mar 1861 • Piney Fork, Sharp, Arkansas, USA-Death 26 Mar 1936 • Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA) married: James Bradford Keever (Birth 29 Apr 1852 • Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA-Death: 28 May 1940, Tahoka, Lynn, Texas, USA);
4. Samuel Powell Douthit (Birth Abt 1866);

Died: 25 Dec 1867 • Evening Shade, Lawrence (now Sharp) County, Arkansas, USA
Note: In 1868, Sharp County was formed from Lawrence County and named for Ephraim Sharp, a state legislator from Evening Shade.

(Excerpt from) Transcript of article in North Arkansas Times – January 11, 1868:
"MURDER- We are pained to learn that Capt. Uriah J. Douthit, of Evening Shade, Lawrence County, in this State was murdered near that place on Christmas day. Every good citizen deplores the act, and should make every effort to discover and arrest the murderers. The officers of the civil law should leave nothing undone that can be done.
The body of the murdered man was not found until the Saturday after he was killed. When found, he had been shot in three places – one ball taking effect in the thigh, one in the small of the back, and one in the head. He was found about three miles from his home, and from the horse tracks and other indications, it is supposed that there were two persons engaged in the murder. Capt. Douthit was riding a mule. On Christmas evening, a short time after dark, his mule, with two horses, with saddles on, came to the house of a Mr. Mize, where they were secured until the next morning, when a man, who was unknown to the family, came and took the horses away, stating that the owner of the mule would call for it in a short time. These are the circumstances of the murder, as far as we can learn them. Capt. Douthit had lived in that part of the country for years before the war ...."